Number of passengers at Changi Airport soars

With new destinations and more frequent flights, Changi Airport is on course to beat last year's record number of passengers. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG WITH new destinations and more frequent flights, Changi Airport is on course to beat last year's record number of passengers. It has attracted 22.4 million of them over the past six months - 10.7 per cent more than in the same January to June period last year. And the numbers are not expected to diminish, as more passengers tradi-tionally fly to and from Changi in the second half of the year because of the year-end school holidays. This has led industry observers to predict that the airport should easily surpass the 45 million passenger mark by the end of the year. The figure would smash last year's total of just over 42 million. Unveiling its latest numbers yesterday, Changi Airport Group (CAG) said that low-cost carriers ha...